‘Doomscrolling’ after the 2024 election results_ Put your phone down_UC Irvine seminar tries to dispel myths about coronavirus outbreak (Los Angeles Times, 2/11/20)
Coronavirus in America: Keep Your Panic in Check (HealthDay, 2/12/20)
Coronavirus psychological impact may exceed actual threat to physical health, say UCI experts (Newswise, 2/6/20)
The psychology of coronavirus fear—and how to manage it (Quartz, 3/9/20)
‘Inducing panic’: Media under fire for driving coronavirus hype to epidemic levels (Washington Times, 3/11/20)
Is your coronavirus anxiety spinning out of control? Here’s how to handle it. (Advisory Board, 3/11/20)
Why you should stop obsessing about coronavirus news (Los Angeles Times, 3/11/20)
Coping with the stress of COVID-19 (UCI Health, 3/16/20)
Hit by Coronavirus Panic? Look for Data Not Drama, Experts Say (US News & World Report, HealthDay, 3/16/20)
How to Keep Up With Coronavirus News without Losing your Mind (Inverse, 3/17/20)
Coping with coronavirus: An upside of anxiety, the curse of panic (SF Gate, 3/18/20)
7 Free In-Home Wellness Apps and YouTube Channels That Will Help You Ease Anxiety (Better Homes & Gardens, 3/19/20)
Coronavirus Today: California cracks down (Los Angeles Times, 3/19/20)
Why we should learn to accept the coronavirus craziness (Los Angeles Times, 3/19/20)
COVID-19 may take toll on mental health, experts say (Breitbart, 3/20/20)
Power Up! 17 Simple Health Habits That Can Boost Your Immunity (Parade, 3/20/20)
3 Ways to regain a sense of control during the COVID-19 pandemic (Inverse, 3/21/20)
As the pandemic spreads, here’s how to stay calm (Daily Democrat, 3/23/20)
COVID-19 Challenges the Psyche of a Fractured Nation (U.S. News & World Report, 3/23/20)
Repeated novel coronavirus media exposure may be linked to psychological distress (Newswise, 3/23/20)
Congress pumps up NSF program to fast-track COVID-19 research (Science, 3/26/20)
How to keep from going corona crazy (Ahval, 3/26/20)
Isolation is hazardous to your health. The term ‘social distancing’ doesn’t help (Los Angeles Times, 3/28/20)
Coronavirus and suicide: Understanding the psychological toll of global pandemic (International Business Times, 3/30/20)
How to Be Intentional About Consuming Coronavirus News (Greater Good Magazine, 3/30/20)
8 Things You Can Do If You Feel Helpless During The Coronavirus Pandemic (HuffPost, 3/31/20)
Too much COVID-19 News Could Harm Your Health (Futurity, 3/31/20)
Media Exposure to COVID-19: How Much Is Too Much? (Psychology Today, 4/1/20)
Amid Coronavirus, Calls and Texts to Mental-Health Hotlines Are Surging (California Health Report, 4/2/20)
Calls To Helpline Surge Amid Coronavirus Outbreak (Side Effects Public Media, 4/2/20)
The Mental Health Effects of Coronavirus Are a “Slow-Motion Disaster” (Mother Jones, 4/2/20)
SciLine Briefing Explores Mental Health, Social Isolation and COVID-19 (AAAS, 4/3/20)
How to care for your mental health during COVID-19 pandemic (Orlando Sentinel, 4/3/20)
How Coronavirus Threatens The Recovery Of Some Who Struggle With Mental Health (OPB, 4/3/20)
‘Hard for helpers, too’: Faced with their own coronavirus fears, crisis hotline counselors answer surge in calls (NBC News, 4/4/20)
Anxious? Turn Off the Media, and Other Tips From Experts (Cheddar, 4/6/20)
Beware of ‘media overload’ during coronavirus crisis, experts say (HealthDay, MedicineNet, 4/7/20)
Distancing survival tips: UCI researchers warn of news overload (Orange Coast Magazine, 4/7/20)
Repeated Media Exposure Amid COVID-19 May Cause Distress (Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Learning Network, 4/7/20)
‘Media overload’ can raise anxiety during coronavirus crisis (UPI, 4/8/20)
Address Mental Health Issues During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Experts Advise (The Body Pro, 4/9/20)
How to be Mindful About Consuming Coronavirus News (Mindful, 4/9/20)
How to Cultivate Resilience During a Pandemic (LifeHacker, 4/10/20)
Misinformation and disproportionate media exposure leads to inappropriate public health behavior (PsyPost, 4/15/20)
Expert Advice on Achieving Mobile Mindfulness in the COVID-19 Era (T-Mobile, 4/16/20)
Don’t know what day it is today? There’s a psychological reason why. (USA Today, 4/17/20)
‘A New Greatest Generation’: How Our Natural Resilience May Surprise Us (Elemental/Medium, 4/20/20)
Mental Health Providers Are Struggling, Too. Here’s How They’re Supporting Each Other (Yes! Magazine, 4/20/20)
Expert Roundup: Mental Health Support, Isolation Coping Tips, Working from Home (Commercial Café, 4/21/20)
I can’t stop staring at my own face on Zoom (Experience, 4/22/20)
It’s normal to feel stressed right now. Here’s how to alleviate it, and make the most out of a bad situation (ZME Science, 4/23/20)
Amid COVID-19, Calls and Texts to Mental Health Helplines are Surging (Investigate West, 4/24/20)
Don’t Let Cognitive Biases Cause You to Engage in Risky Public Health Behaviors (LifeHacker, 4/28/20)
We are doctors who study trauma. Here’s how to cope with the COVID-19 crisis. (HuffPost, 4/28/20)
Essential advice for stressed-out essential workers (ABC6 Action News, 4/29/20)
California To Widen Pipeline Of Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners (California Healthline, 4/30/20)
Seven findings that can help people deal with COVID-19 (Monitor on Psychology, 5/4/20)
This Is Your Body And Brain On Coronavirus News (HuffPost, 5/6/20)
A Monday Is a Tuesday Is a Sunday as COVID-19 Disrupts Internal Clocks (Scientific American, 5/7/20)
How (and why) coronavirus is changing our sense of time (University of California, 5/7/20)
Amid virus news, many need to step away (Times Union, 5/10/20)
Amid coronavirus news, many need to step away (U.S. News & World Report, Associated Press, 5/10/20)
Managing your mental health during COVID-19 pandemic (The Charlotte Post, 5/10/20)
How the news changes the way we think and behave (BBC, 5/12/20)
One Side Effect of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Psychological Trauma. But We’re More Resilient Than We Think. (Indy Week, 5/13/20)
People worldwide report having intense coronavirus dreams (VOA News, 5/17/20)
Time Is Slipping Away From Us All (Refinery29, 5/17/20)
Adverse Effects of Self-Isolation: Losing Track of Time (South Pasadenan, 5/19/20)
How Communities Can Prevent Panic in Uncertain Times (Public Health Degrees, 5/20/20)
How to fight fear and anxiety when quarantine ends (Vox, 5/20/20)
Hospitals Brace for Mental-Health Crisis Among Doctors and Nurses (The Wall Street Journal, 5/21/20)
Mental Health Impacts May Outlast Pandemic, Study Finds (Voice of America, 5/21/20)
When Will the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic Be Over? (Men’s Health, 5/21/20)
What Our Post-Pandemic Behavior Might Look Like (Bloomberg City Lab, 5/26/20)
Why the Pandemic Is Messing with Your Sense of Time (PsychCentral, 5/26/20)
How Business Analysts Can Maintain Mental Well-Being When Suddenly Working From Home (All The Time) (The Uncommon League, 6/2/20)
A mental health crisis is unfolding in the workplace. COVID-19 and racial injustice are to blame (Fortune, 6/6/20)
How Does Media Play into Trauma? (Psychology Today, 6/9/20)
5 Ways to Manage Anxiety as Georgia Continues to Reopen (Atlanta Journal Constitution, 6/11/20)
‘Doomscrolling’ can break your brain. It can also be a force for good (Fast Company, 6/12/20)
Thank You, Neighbor: 50+ Good News Stories From All 50 States (Parade, 6/26/20)
Here’s how to stop the virus from winning (National Geographic, 6/26/20)
What makes people stop caring? (BBC, 6/30/20)
The Biggest Psychological Experiment in History Is Running Now (Scientific American, 7/20)
Covid-19’s hidden mental health crisis (Quartz, 7/5/20)
Essential Workers Keep Spirits High Despite Virus Surge (Monrovia Weekly, 7/9/20)
No ‘Tidal Wave’ of New Mental Illness; Pandemic Exacerbates Preexisting Conditions (Medscape, 7/21/20)
The coronavirus seems to spare most kids from illness, but its effect on their mental health is deepening (Time Magazine, 7/23/20)
Why Some Experts Think the Pandemic is Breeding Ground for Pre-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Well + Good, 8/6/20)
Here are the best movies on TV this evening (Joe, 8/11/20)
The key to COVID-19 communication? Keep it simple. (North Carolina Health News, 8/21/20)
What to do when COVID-19 doesn’t go away psychologically? (Gulf Times, 8/26/20)
How to cope when everything keeps changing (New York Times, 9/7/20)
Terrorism, pandemic trigger two kinds of stress, study finds (Voice of America, 9/11/20)
Media & mental health: How COVID-19 news consumption worsens wellness (ContagionLive, 9/18/20)
Study finds more links between pandemic and mental health (CNN, 9/20/20)
Why our Sense of Time is Distorted during the Pandemic: An interview with Dr. E. Alison Holman (Psychology Today, 10/8/20)
The news is driving you mad. And that’s why you can’t stop devouring it. (Washington Post, 10/11/20)
What Doomscrolling does to the Brain (Elemental, 10/12/20)
The Year of Blur (New York Times, 10/31/20)
How Planning for Tomorrow Can Ease Uncertainty Today (The Atlantic, 11/2/20)
How to talk about your mental health at work when everything is stressing you out (CNBC, 11/3/20)
6 Strategies to Protect your Mental Health During the 2020 Election (Inverse, 11/3/20)
Should we “publish less” on the pandemic? (Columbia Journalism Review, 11/18/20)
The surprising mental toll of COVID (Scientific American, 12/20)
The Science of Doomscrolling (Inside Science, 11/25/20)
Anxiety is contagious, but so is compassion: Long-term mental health and COVID-19 (Charlotte Observer, 11/27/20)
The Need for Spiritual First Aid during COVID-19 (Psychology Today, 12/14/20)
The Pandemic Ruined Time (The Verge, 12/15/20)
Traumatic Affect Of The Pandemic Causing Psychological Time Distortion (Cheddar, 12/24/20)
Three Strategies For Emotional Well-Being During COVID-19 (The Good Men Project, 12/30/20)
Don’t Let The Pandemic Winter Get You Down: 9 Creative Ways To Socialize Safely (NPR, 1/1/21)
A club nobody ‘wanted to join’: How Covid widows are finding support through Facebook (NBC News, 1/1/21)
Four stress management techniques so you can stop feeling guilty about lashing out at loved ones (MadameNoire, 1/11/21)
Watching Capitol riot footage is traumatizing your system (Yahoo, 1/14/21)
2021 is already giving me emotional whiplash. How do I deal? (Grist, 1/14/21)
When Staying Informed is Stressing You Out, Try These Simple Tips (healthline, 1/15/21)
Despite good news, you’re not feeling better. There’s a reason why. (Mashable, 1/29/21)
Capitol siege, impeachment trial show how trauma hits people differently, experts say (ABC News, 2/12/21)
The Pandemic Anniversary Is Coming. Here’s How to Cope (Self, 2/26/21)
Stressed? Depressed? You are not alone (Physics Today, 3/1/21)
LA is primed for disaster, but COVID-19 took it to another level (Los Angeles Times, 3/11/21)
Congratulations, our sense of time has been off for a year now (Refinery29, 3/11/21)
Coronavirus Today: The pandemic one year in (Los Angeles Times, 3/11/21)
COVID anniversary anxiety is real — here’s how to cope (Teen Vogue, 3/12/21)
Pandemic: Why is it so hard to say there’s hope? (Columbia Journalism Review, 3/15/21)
Op-Ed: A year later on the long coronavirus road to change (Los Angeles Times, 3/16/21)
It’s not just you, we’ve all lost our sense of time (Medium, 3/18/21)
Mental Health in COVID Times (Daily Excelsior (3/21/21)
The pandemic blurred our sense of time, and getting back to normal won’t be easy, say experts (CBC, 4/2/21)
Why One Verdict Cannot Erase The Collective Trauma Of A Nation (Gothamist, 4/24/21)
Are we numb? Handling the collective trauma of police violence, mass shootings and a pandemic (CNN, 4/25/21)
The Power And Heartbreak Of Watching Ma’Khia Bryant’s TikToks (BuzzFeed News, 4/26/21)
What Happens When Americans Can Finally Exhale (The Atlantic, 5/20/21)
Seeing the Sixers in person, maybe a concert? Philly area enjoys reopening, with caution (WHYY, 6/6/21)
Being Vaccinated Doesn’t Mean You Must Go Maskless. Here’s Why. (California Healthline, 6/14/21; LA Times, 6/15/21; Salon 6/17/21)
How to Think About the Future Again (Forge, 6/16/21)
Prompted by the pandemic, Vermonters changed routines, careers and countries (VTDigger.org, 6/27/21)
How to Prepare for a Disaster, Emotionally and Mentally (Wired, 8/23/21)
How COVID-19 has affected mental health in the US (Sciworthy, 8/30/21)
Reducing the impact of cascading collective trauma in LTC (McNights Long Term Care News, 9/14/21)
Four Ways We Can Be Sensitive to Trauma at Work (Greater Good Magazine, 10/12/21)
The pandemic has caused nearly two years of collective trauma. Many people are near a breaking point. (Washington Post, 12/24/21)
Welcome to Covid-19’s “junior year.” It’s not pretty. (Vox, 12/27/21)
How to Prepare for a Possible COVID Infection This Winter—Even if You’ve Been Vaccinated and Boosted (Health, 12/27/21)
What the pandemic has done to our memories (NBC News, 12/29/21)
5 ways to deal with anxiety during the holidays amid the omicron surge (ABC News, 1/2/22)
On the anniversary of Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a reminder that watching footage may be traumatizing (Yahoo Life, 1/6/22)
How to Help a Loved One Through Sudden Loss (New York Times, 1/7/22)
Watching footage from Ukraine? Here’s how to protect your mental health. (Mashable, 3/2/22)
Stressful News Cycle Tips: 13 Ways to Protect Your Mental Health (SELF, 3/3/22)
Watching War Unfold on Social Media Affects Your Mental Health (TIME Magazine, 3/8/22)
Is the news cycle stressing you out? Here are 4 ways to protect your mental health (CNBC, 3/8/22)
How Seeing War and Disaster Unfold in Real-Time Across Social Media Impacts Our Mental Health (The Latch, 3/9/22)
Nuclear Anxiety is Nothing New. Here’s How to Handle It (Discover Magazine, 3/17/22)
World Events, Time Change and Anger Piling on Pandemic Pressures (Creators Syndicate, 3/18/22)
Ditching Social Media for Just 1 Week Can Boost Your Mental Health (Healthline, 5/11/22)
As US reaches one million COVID deaths, how are Americans coping? (Al Jazeera, 5/17/22)
Editorial: Bad news pileup can lead to anxiety (The Philadelphia Tribune, 5/24/22)
Mass violence takes toll on Americans’ psyches (Washington Post, 5/26/22)
The Health 202 – Mental Health: Mass violence takes toll on Americans’ psyches (Washington Post, 5/27/22)
How to process the emotionally unthinkable when you’re too online (Salon, 5/28/22)
‘This Is the Price We Pay to Live in This Kind of Society’ (The Atlantic, 6/1/22)
Even a short break from social media can improve your mental health (PhillyVoice, 6/2/22)
We’re All Coping With So Many Collective Traumas At Work Right Now (Huff Post, 6/16/22)
Should news outlets show graphic images of mass shooting victims? Researchers and other experts weigh in. (The Journalist’s Resource, 6/28/22)
How can we cope with collective trauma? (Jerusalem Post, 7/27/22)
Could publishing graphic photos of mass shooting victims actually lead to gun control? (MIC, 8/3/22)
Lost your sense of time during the pandemic? You’re not alone (Daily Pilot/Los Angeles Times, 8/27/22)
‘A collective trauma’: Covid keeps its grip on mental health of many patients (The Guardian, 8/27/22)
Distorted Time Perception During the Pandemic Tied to Stress, Poor Mental Health (Medscape, 8/29/22)
Trauma, time and mental health — new study unpacks pandemic phenomenon (Washington Post, 9/5/22)
Mass Carnage in the Digital Age: Why Experts Say Scrolling Online Can Cause Offline Symptoms (Global News, 9/7/22)
Livestreamed violence compounds America’s horror and inspires copycats, experts say. When will it stop? (USA Today, 9/10/22)
Bad news: An obsession with current affairs can have consequences for your mental and physical health (New Zealand Listener, 9/10/22)
How living in a pandemic distorts our sense of time (ScienceNews, 9/12/22)
How living in a pandemic engulfs our sense of time (List23, 9/12/22)
8 ways to feel less anxious about things beyond your control (Washington Post, 9/13/22)
Blursday, the ‘disorientation’ effect that the pandemic left us (Breaking Latest News, 9/14/22)
Keeping it together when the world is falling apart (Medium, 9/15/22)
Hurricane Ian Impact: The Unexpected Health Effects (healthline, 9/29/22)
Welcome to ‘Blursday’: How Living in a Pandemic Distorts our Sense of Time (CityBeat, 10/3/22)
Rereading ‘The Gift of Fear’ in the age of mass shootings (Washington Post, 10/5/22)
Why Dates and Times Seem to Lose Their Meaning (The Wall Street Journal, 10/7/22)
Special Report: The Hellish New Trauma of Living Through Multiple Mass Tragedies at Once (Cosmopolitan, 10/26/22)
UC Irvine study tracks mental health of masses during pandemic (Spectrum News 1, 10/26/22)
South Koreans Rattled by Grisly Footage of Halloween Crowd Crush in Seoul (Wall Street Journal, 11/1/22)
Let’s Talk About Collective Trauma (Medium, 11/9/22)
Many People Lost Sense of Time During COVID Pandemic (The Good Man Project, 1/1/23)
Did COVID-19 put us in a time warp? Research indicates pandemic changed our perception of time (ABC News, 1/11/23)
Tyre Nichols news is painful. Here’s how to be informed and avoid racial stress. (Mashable, 1/28/23)
‘That sense of threat is still there’: How to protect your mental health after seeing the police video of Tyre Nichols (USA Today, 2/1/23)
How to offer help when you don’t know what to say (Vox, 2/9/23)
Trauma distorts our sense of time and self. A new therapy might help (Science News, 2/24/23)
COVID pandemic had ‘minimal’ effect on mental health, study says. Is that true? (Live Science, 3/15/23)
How the Davis community can heal after brutal stabbings and arrest of former UCD student (The Sacramento Bee, 5/7/23)
Why so many mass killings? Families, experts seek answers (Associated Press, 5/8/23)
Mass killings leave Americans fearful, numb and wondering: Am I next? (Washington Post, 5/13/23)
How Much Worry about Mass Shootings Is Too Much? (Scientific American, 6/4/23)
Trauma-induced temporal disintegration plays a role in shaping how people anticipate the future (PsyPost, 7/9/23)
The Barbie-Taylor-Beyoncé summer offers a release of pandemic emotions (Washington Post, 8/3/23)
Bad behavior at ‘Barbenheimer’ reflects a worrying trend (Washington Post, 8/5/23)
What does watching violence do to your mind? “Nothing Good”: 5 Tips to Maintain Your Mental Health While Following the News (CNBC, 10/13/23)
Why we can’t stop watching gruesome, graphic war videos on the internet (Insider, 10/19/23)
25 years later, the trauma of the Columbine High School shooting is still with us (USA Today, 4/19/24)
A man plunged to his death in front of me. I can’t get it out of my mind. (Washington Post, 4/27/24)
How we are shaped by the news (Daily Kos, 7/6/24)
The Trump Assassination Attempt Caused Psychological Distress and Fueled Polarization (Scientific American, 7/18/24)
Graphic imagery online can lead to psychological harm, UC Irvine experts say (Los Angeles Times, 7/19/24)
Graphic images harm our mental health, UC Irvine researchers say (Daily Pilot, 7/24/24)
Stop reading news: Here’s why you should switch off to the outside world (loaded, 9/11/24)
Milton and Helene leave students, schools reeling (The Hill, 10/10/24)
Milton and Helene are taking a toll on the mental health of Floridians, leaving a trail of anxiety and frayed nerves (CNN, 10/14/24)
‘Doomscrolling’ after the election? Put your phone down. (Boston Globe, 11/6/24)
The latest news? Not right now, thanks. (Washington Post, 11/24/24)